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A Dowelltown man has been charged as a suspect in a murder last March in Shelbyville, police said. Colby Ray Watford, 26, was picked up by Shelbyville police and DeKalb County deputies at a Dowelltown residence. He is charged with first degree murder and is being held on $1 million bond...

A man accused of drunkenly firing multiple gunshots into a New Herman Road home occupied by a couple and four children Monday night was arrested nearby, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office said. One round of shots allegedly fired by Joshua Cain Cook, 30, of Horse Mountain Road damaged a vehicle parked at the home, Deputy Tony Schaefer’s report said...

A 15-year-old Manchester girl kayaking on the Duck River with her parents Sunday afternoon died when the kayak capsized in high water and was swept under a tree, officials said. Her parents tried to rescue her but were unable due to the swiftly-flowing water, Sheriff Austin Swing said...

A domestic assault suspect was charged with resisting arrest Thursday, police said, Fillip Beau Kiser, 23 of Elizabeth Street is also charged with aggravated domestic assault and violation of an order of protection. Kiser allegedly admitted he’d been to his ex-girlfriend’s nearby Elizabeth Street apartment in violation of an order of protection. The victim and another family member told police Kiser physically abused them...

A Shelbyville man has been charged with taking a truck from a Patton Drive home and wrecking it in Sparta. Luke Barton allegedly asked to borrow his girlfriend’s truck Saturday and was denied permission, a Bedford County deputy said. Barton took it anyway and was next seen after the Sparta crash as he and three other of six occupants ran away, Sparta police said...

This motorist has no qualms about expressing her discontent with signs on her car. “LAW ENF (enforcement) is using my phone + T.V. (Placed bugs) to threaten me + my Home. Why? I stand up to corrupt Gov’t THUGS AND GUN PERMITS are a POLL TAX, period. This has gone on for many yrs. I will continue to Stand up to CORRUPT GOV’T MURDERS + PARASITES !!!!!!!!!!! *marana scum*” And “U.S. MILITARY, (ARMY) Get on our border, Get out of the mideast and, keep your helicopters OFF MY ROOF!”

Wartrace firefighters claim that Bedford County Fire Department officials are orchestrating a coup, trying to undermine their department, hoping that it fails so they can take over firefighting operations in Wartrace. Wartrace firefighters are also upset because of the amount of time they spend eight miles from town, compromising their readiness for local incidents, covering County Station 1 in Shelbyville, when county firefighters are out on a call. ...

A bomb expert from Nashville was called after a box containing what officers say appeared to be a homemade bomb was found near Bedford County Annex Building on the square Monday night. The box, containing a piece of pipe, drug paraphernalia and “nothing explosive” according to Nashville’s Metro Police bomb squad was noticed in a FedEx drop box by a delivery driver making a pickup...

Following the reopening of businesses and recreational activities May 22, the number of COVID-19 cases has climbed in Bedford County while the number of tests has dropped by just under a third. When reporting rates of illness in a population, it is standard practice to list the number of cases per 100,000 population. In Bedford County, by June 1, the number of new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population had doubled from two weeks earlier — from 3.3 May 18 to 7.8 on June 1...

Just 16 months into his tenure as Bedford County Mayor, Chad Graham faced a challenge no one could have predicted: COVID-19. The coronavirus landed in the United States in January 2019 and was first detected in a Tennessean on March 5 when a 44-year-old Williamson County man tested positive for the viral infection...